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Cherokee County, Iowa, United States

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Details for Cherokee County

NameCherokee County
Place TypeCounty
Located in
Iowa, United States
County SeatCherokee (Cherokee Township)
Coordinates
Latitude 42.7333179 42° 43' 59.9" N
Longitude -95.6169531 95° 37' 01" W
Population14,098
Elevation420 m
Surrounding CountiesClay NE
Buena Vista E
Sac SE
Ida S
Woodbury SW
Sioux W
Plymouth W
O'Brien County N
USGS GNIS FeatureID465207
Histopolis Place ID646146014
Updated Oct 17, 2011
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Genealogy Resources for Cherokee County

9 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.
Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Iowa > Cherokee County > Cemeteries [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Iowa > Cherokee County > Cemeteries
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/IA/Cherokee/cem/ (10 Dec 2008)

Cemeteries in or near Cherokee County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=7225&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (15 Dec 2008)

Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials [Find A Grave]
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=564 (25 Aug 2009)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Iowa > Cherokee County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Iowa > Cherokee County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/IA/Cherokee/ (26 Dec 2009)

Cherokee County Iowa Archives [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ia/cherokee/cemetery.html (6 Oct 2009)

Cherokee County, Iowa IA, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Cherokee County, Iowa IA, county profile, with sections on demographics, cemeteries, the economy, government, history and politics.
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=7225 (13 Nov 2008)

Cherokee County, Iowa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_County,_Iowa (5 Aug 2010)

Iowa Ghost Towns - Cherokee County [Iowa Ghost Towns]
http://iowaghosttowns.com/cherokeecounty.html (27 Jan 2010)

The Political Graveyard: Cherokee County, Iowa [The Political Graveyard]
A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 192,291 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/CH.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)
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Surveys in Cherokee County

1 Survey, 5 Ranges, 17 Townships

The Fifth Principal Meridian survey governs land descriptions in all or part of Cherokee County. You can navigate to any of the 17 survey townships that overlap Cherokee County using the navigation tool below.

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Townships of Cherokee County

16 Townships
AftonAmherstCedarCherokee
DiamondGrand MeadowLibertyMarcus
PilotPitcherRockSheridan
SilverSpringTildenWillow

Cities of Cherokee County

8 Cities, 5 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (City is assumed unless noted)
AureliaCherokeeCleghornFielding (u.p.)
LarrabeeMarcusMary Hill (u.p.)Meriden
Onawa Junction (u.p.)Park Place Mobile Home Court (u.p.)QuimbySouthern Acres Mobile Estates (u.p.)
Washta

Cemeteries of Cherokee County

25 Cemeteries, 2 Alternate Names (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)
AftonCedarDiamondGood Hope
Grand MeadowGrandviewHoly NameImmanuel Lutheran
LibertyMarcus-AmherstMary HillMemory Gardens
Mental Health InstituteMeridenMount CalvaryMount Pleasant
Mt. Calvary (*)Mt. Pleasant (*)Oak HillPleasant Hill
Rock TownshipSilverSpringSpring Township
Sunset ViewTrinityWest Point

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